Saturday, 11th October 2008

 

Julius Baer eyes 10% more private bankers this year

Julius Baer, the Swiss private bank, is set to increase headcount by 10% in 2008, after an aggressive bout of hiring and the launch of several new offices this year.

The Zurich-based bank, which said it had not suffered any losses as a result of the credit crunch and reported strong inflows into its wealth management unit, is chasing new clients through adding relationship managers.

At a Goldman Sachs investor relations conference yesterday, Julius Baer's chief financial officer Dieter Enkelmann reiterated the bank's target to hire up to 60 relationship managers over the course of this year. This will bring total headcount to over 600 across Europe, the US and Asia.

Over the last two years the bank has brought in a net 180 private bankers, crucial to its winning "significant" net new client assets in the first four months of the year, it said last month.

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Mayfair goes Modern

Sebastian + Barquet, a three-year old design gallery based in New York and Chelsea, is opening a new gallery showing museum quality pieces in Mayfair next month, the first in London to focus on international modernism from the 1940s to the 1960s. Its opening exhibition is dedicated to American modernist design and is curated by celebrated architect Eric Parry.

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Texas billionaire sues Lehman for $60m

Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens has filed a lawsuit against Lehman Brothers for $59.9m (€43.8m), accusing the failed Wall Street bank of violating its contract by failing to repay collateral posted by the energy baron, according to a Reuters report.

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